I like it Paul. I bet it has a much more sombre feel in b+w.

I am afraid I will not be able to make either day now. I had a minor surgical procedure on my back last week, and sitting in a car for any length of time will not do it any good.

I hope it is a success, and can be repeated when I am fitter.

Look forward to seeing the photos.

or keep your eye on ebay for one for sale "for spares".

I would not profess to be an expert, but I use Tiff only while I am working on an image.

So for example I will convert from raw in Silkypix and save as a full sized tiff. I then open the tiff in Elements and do the specific work(selective noise reduction/exposure/colour adjustment etc).

I then downsize to say 800*800 pixels (if i am going to post on here); sharpen and save as jpeg.

If I expect to produce some larger sized copies I might keep the tiff, otherwise I will delete it. I always keep the raw file so I can produce the picture again, but will only keep the tiff if i have done a lot of work on it. They are big files.

if i dont need to do any editing work in PSE, then I process from raw direct to jpeg.

I dont have much experience of printing, so someone else can hopefully advise what format is best to use for that.

Now that's easy for you to say .......

Nice shots Craig. Very expressive face she has, and I love the one of the paw.

Now, you told us of your mother's temperament, what is the cat's nature like

Lovely shots RR. You and that fisheye were made for each other.

I find the microprism collar is more useful than the split prism itself.

Mike

Your running cat avitar and post both remind me of myself trying to understand the massive change when I moved to digital 3 years ago . I still reckon I have only just got out of the starting blocks.

Thank god for the web, we couldnt have made these leaps of understanding without it. I remember years ago watching science programmes like "Tomorrow's World" when they talked about the coming "information superhighway". I had absolutely no concept of what they meant by it. I certainly didn't envisage the internet age we have today.

Message for judithAnn..... you will do better by posting a picture at its maximum permitted pixel width which is 800 on the longest side.

Your posts are a a bit on the small side to be properly appreciated.